Waiting on a Friend

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New York City, East Village, 1984. A young woman with the power to see the ghosts of her friends is haunted by the one who refuses to return-a dazzling, big-hearted debut of friendship and community during a time of devastation and defiance. "A beautiful study of friendship, of how loss unmoors us, and how if we keep turning towards love, anything is possible."-Ann Napolitano, author of Hello Beautiful "Fresh and refreshing, both heartbreaking and uplifting. Natalie Adler has given us a gem."-Rabih Alameddine, author of An Unnecessary Woman, finalist for the National Book Award "A ghost story, a mystery, an ode to New York City . . . A riveting debut by a writer of tremendous compassion and insight."-Helen Phillips, author of The Need, longlisted for the National Book Award Renata is a young dyke-about-town who can see ghosts, something she's doing more and more of lately as too many of her friends are dying of a new, terrifying disease. When Renata's best friend Mark dies of complications from AIDS, ...